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Noun: third ventricle
  1. A narrow ventricle in the midplane below the corpus callosum; communicates with the fourth ventricle via the Sylvian aqueduct
    "The third ventricle is surrounded by important structures such as the thalamus"

Derived forms: third ventricles

Type of: ventricle

Encyclopedia: Third ventricle